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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photo Album, 'Photo Album'
Album full of personal photographs of war experiences for soldier Jack Devlin. Morron covered photograph album with 19 loose pages. Front and back cardboard and leather cover seperate, no spine. Pages held in place by black shoe lace tied on left side. Photographs glued into album on both sides of pages. Total of 103 photos, black and white, 4 photos loose. Each photo has corresponding short handwritten description below or beside it. Album photos range from 1942 - 1945 in locations ranging from Port Moresby, Darwin and Cairns and relate to a soldiers war experiences. Photographs include local people, vehicles, cemetary, bombed out planes, villages. One photo in particular has photo portrait of Jack, serial number VX 142005.Jack Devlin/ 15 Mine Road/ Korumburra/ Vic. Handwritten inside cover. Attached with tape on loose card is another name Mr Lyle Stephenson/ 1 Bayonet/ 1 photo Album. (Posssibly referring to donor.) -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform - Gaiters, Circa WW2
WW2 short gaiters. Canvas with leather strapping and brass buckles.Mixed match pair with one gaiter having leather straps.G..27 L B 42 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform - Gaiters, Circa 1930
Felt short gaiter with three plastic buttons.L -
Unions Ballarat
Bernard O'Dowd, 1954
Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet and anarchist. He was born in Beaufort in 1866 and worked at different times as a teacher, librarian and parliamentary draftsman. He was dismissed from his position at St Alipius' school in Ballarat for heresy. He had a particular interest in the Federation of Australia and formation of the Constitution, which features in his poem "Australia". O'Dowd co-edited Tocsin with Jack Andrews. Tocsin was a labor newspaper in Melbourne. Others involved with the newspaper include Edward Findley and, for a short time, Norman Lindsay. Tocsin's platform is available in PDF format online http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/objects/pdf/a000808.pdf Areas of interest included the constitution, federation and workers' industrial rights (e.g. eight hour day, pensions and arbitration for labour disputes).Biographical interest. Literary interest. Pertinent to Ballarat. Pertinent to constitutional history and industrial relations. Pertinent to labor publications, history and literature.Hardcover - book. Cover dust jacket: black and white photograph of Bernard O'Dowd on front, yellow and white lettering; back is yellow. Cover without dust jacket: green cloth; gold lettering.Cover without dust jacket: authors' names and title on the spine. Cover with dust jacket: authors' names and title on front cover and spine. Inside page: Inscribed in ink, "Happy Birthday Dad from Lorna and John (Sept 17 1960).btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, o'dowd, bernard, writers - poets, newspaper, tocsin, lindsay, norman, andrews, jack, findley, edward, anarchists, biography, palmer, nettie, st alipius school, ballarat, o'dowd, bernard, 1866-1953, industrial relations -
Unions Ballarat
A short history of Australia: new and revised edition, Clark, Manning, 1964
History of Australia: 1788-1969.Some references to Ballarat including the Monster Meeting and the Eureka Stockade.Hardback with dustjacket; green and white background; black lettering; 274 pages.Front cover: Author's name and title; white round price sticker. Back cover: Author's biography and other publications. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, convicts, macquarie, immigration, politics -
Unions Ballarat
Australian roundup 1790-1950, Broderick, Colin, 1953
A series of Australian short stories dating from 1790-1950.The editor, Colin Broderick, was known for promoting Australian literature. Fiction - of national interest. Hardcover, blue cloth paper amalgam; gold lettering on spine; 374 pages.Spine: title and author's name. Ararat Municipal Library stamp appears in several places on the inside of the book. Library loan slip and original card (2423) are located at the back. Last stamped on 20 Nov 1970.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, fiction - short stories, fiction - australian -
Unions Ballarat
Lion pride: 1958-2017 AMWU and Holden, AMWU, 2017
A memento book published by the AMWU dedicated to past and present employees at GMH Holden. Copies were presented to members who were made redundant in 2017. The book is a short history of GMH Holden and includes photographs, members' stories and AMWU achievements over this time. Significant to the history of manufacturing (vehicle) in Australia and working conditions of members.Paperback; grey cover with a photograph of unidentified persons with a Holden vehicle; gold and white lettering.Front cover: title. Back cover: AMWU logo. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, manufacturing - vehicle, amwu, australian manufacturing workers' union, unions, oral history, gmh, holden -
Unions Ballarat
The people the passion, the pride: 90 years AMWU and Ford Australia, 2017
A memento book published by the AMWU dedicated to past and present employees at Ford. Copies were presented to members who were made redundant in 2017. The book is a short history of Ford and includes photographs, members' stories and AMWU achievements over this time. Significant to the history of manufacturing (vehicle) in Australia and working conditions of members.Paperback; grey cover with a photograph of unidentified persons with a Ford vehicle; gold and white lettering.Front cover: title. Back cover: AMWU logo.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, manufacturing - vehicle, amwu, australian manufacturing workers' union, unions, oral history, ford -
Unions Ballarat
A short history of the British Workers, Postgate, et al, 2001
HisotryWritten by a socialist, Raymond Postgate, chapter headings are as follows: A short history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1926) ; A pocket history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1937) ; A pocket history of the British working class / Raymond W. Postgate ; A worker looks at history / Mark Starr (1918) ; Outlines of the history of the modern British working class movement / Will W. Crank ; A short primer of industrial history / W. Riddick.Relevant to the history of Labor and the working class in Great Britain. NB: These chapters were written in the early twentieth century.Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, working class, workers, history, industrial history, britain -
Unions Ballarat
The ALP : a short history of the Australian Labor Party, McKinlay, Brian, 1981
A concise history of the ALP.Relevant to the history of the ALP and politics.Paper; book. Front cover: orange background with black outlined maps of Australia; black and white photos of various ALP leaders; black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, alp, australian labor party, history, politics -
Unions Ballarat
Military Career of Napoleon the Great - An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny" (Don Woodward Collection), Gibbs, MS, 1909
Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte's boyhood, military and political career. Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French politician and military leader. He played a significant role in the French Revolution and other warfare. He was Emperor of France in 1804-14 and for a short time in 1815.Politics and military history - France. Biographical interest - Napoleon Bonaparte.Book; 514 pages. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, bonaparte, napoleon, revolutions - french, biography, warfare - waterloo, military, history - france -
Unions Ballarat
A little bit of magic: Thoughts for women (Don Woodward Collection), Hawke, Hazel, 1994
... Unions Ballarat 24 Camp Street Ballarat goldfields Short ...Short reflections and quotations about life. Hazel Hawke was the former wife of Bob Hawke (former trade union official and 23rd Prime Minister of Australia). In 2001 Hazel Hawke was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. The citation read: "For service to the community, particularly through the promotion of the reconciliation process, support for continued improvement in the quality of children's television, as a contributor to the preservation of heritage items, and involvement with environmental and wildlife preservation groups".Infotainment.Book; 152 pages. Dustjacket: yellow background; colour photograph of Hazel Hawke; purple, blue and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, hazel, hawke, bob, quotations - anecdotes -
Unions Ballarat
Australian railway disasters (Don Woodward Collection), Pearce, Kenn, 1999
... Unions Ballarat 24 Camp Street Ballarat goldfields Short ...Short histories and pictures of train disasters in Australia - 1873-1997.History - railways.Books; 240 pages. Cover: colour photograph of a train accident at Black Mountain, Queensland, 1994; red lettering; author's name and title.In pencil, "D.H. Woodward".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, railways -
Unions Ballarat
Meet the ship: Painters and Dockers, Hillier, Lew, 1981
The Painters and Dockers union was registered in 1916 and deregistered in 1993. "A very short history of the union" and various persons.Significant to the history of unions and, in particular, the Painters and Dockers Union and some of their past officials.Bookballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions ballarat, unions - painters and dockers, history - trade unions, trade unions, nicholls jack, sproule doug, williamson billo, holman roy (spider), bayliss tommy, brizzie cosmo, nelson alfie (the ferret), o'brien johnny, morris arthur, caines jack -
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association Inc.
Book, Newstead Primary School, Circa 1997
Plastic comb bound book compiled by Michael BottomleyNPS Newstead Primary School 1877-1997 A Short History of Newsead Primary School -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Tin, BELL'S/WATERPROOF/WAX VESTAS
This tin contained waterproof wax vestas, a short match with a wax shaft. On the bottom of the tin there is a rough surface which was struck to light the match.A small brown with dark blue and aqua stripes on the front of a rectangular tin. Three lines of print on the front hinged lid.BELL'S/WATERPROOF/WAX VESTAShouston, william, houston, joan, george evans collection, commercial packaging -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Wine Flagon, Sunbury 150/Living Today 1836-1986
This flagon was produced to celebrate Sunbury's 150th anniversary 1836-1986. Similar ones were filled with wine and were for sale or given as presentations at the time of the anniversary. This one is unused and therefore is in mint condition.Cream and brown small ceramic wine flagon with Sunbury 150 and a logo printed on the front and on the back is a short printed history of Sunbury. It has a small handle near the top and a cork in the top opening of the flagon."SUNBURY 150/Living today 1836-1986/AUGUST 9TH TO 17TH"1980s, shire of bulla, souvenir, wineries, sunbury, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Booklet - History Reference Book, Sunbury: Pioneer to Pop Festivals, c1980
A short local history covering 140 years of European Settlement in Sunbury from 1836 to 1972. The booklet was produced by Dr. John Patterson with help from local Sunbury people.A paperback book of 58 pages with text and black and white photographs stapled together with a cardboard cover and a coloured reproduction of a painting by George Rowe of an early race meeting in Sunbury. non-fictionA short local history covering 140 years of European Settlement in Sunbury from 1836 to 1972. The booklet was produced by Dr. John Patterson with help from local Sunbury people.local history, sunbury, dr. john patterson -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Bottle - Liquor, SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993
This unopened small bottle filled with port was produced to acknowledge the Sunbury Sub Branch of the Returned Services League of Australia's 70th Anniversary in 1993. The bottle has a short story of the Sunbury sub branch having been given official recognition on the 10th December 1923 by the RSL. Major William Alexander Morton D.S.O was the patron and also the first president of the Sunbury Sub Branch.Small cream with brown spots ceramic half size bottle with a black seal covering top of bottle the seal has a very small chip out of seal. The contents are still in the bottle.front: SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993 back: The....; LEST WE FORGETreturned services league, sunbury r.s.l, anniversaries, celebrations, william alexander morton, 1920s, 1990s, george evans collection -
RMIT Design Archives
Photograph - Photographs, Photograph featuring Hall Ludlow and Diane Masters modelling Gown of the Year, 1959
The Gown of the Year Program was a gala event in Melbourne's cultural calendar. Australia's supermodels of the day, such as Diane Masters (pictured), Bambi Shmith, and Betty Jackson modelled clothes by Melbourne's leading designers, Hall Ludlow, Le Louvre, and others. Diane Masters has played a seminal role in contributing to the Design Archives through her personal and professional fashion archive, her role in the Hall Ludlow collection and archive, the Laurie Carew collection, and her generosity in gifting items from the Frederick Romberg archive to the RMIT Design Archives. She has been and remains a key figure in Melbourne and Australian fashion. Suzanne Davies, 2017Black and white photograph features fashion designer Hall Ludlow (right), holding his trophies for winning the 1959 Gown of the Year at the Menzies Hotel, Melbourne. Model Diane Masters (right) is wearing the winning gown: a pale full length gown with short sleeves, scoop neck, and ruffled skirt. The matching coat also features small ruffled down its length.Verso: Stamped in black ink, bottom right: 'Photographed by/ ATHOL SHMITH/ F.R.P.S . . F.R.S.A/ 125 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE/ TELEPHONE MF 5[illegible]4australian fashion, fashion design, mid-century modern -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/09/1930 12:00:00 AM
Also an enlargement 04908.1 25 x 14 cm. Keith Scarce was a rig hand on this site for short timeSepia toned photograph of oil derrick SA Oil Co No 8 Well situated off Myers Street at rear of present Secondary College Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Emil Wittenberg
A booklet put together for an exhibition of Emil Wittenberg's work. A short biography and picture of Emil is inside.A single piece of white paper with print on both sides and folded to form booklet. Front cover has a black and white sketch of man in corner of a barbed wire fence. "An exhibition of work from the Dunera Voyage and internment in Hay and Tatura." "A biographical note". on front in black ink. Back page has a piece of paper stuck on it advertising the exhibition times and dates.emil wittenberg, tatura museum exhibition -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Midwifery Book
Midwifery Training Book: "A Short Practice of Midwifery for Nurses" by Henry Jellet. Published in 1926. Used by Elizabeth McRae Romseyhospital, midwifery, book, nursing, education, training -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Pair of roller skates
2 x roller skates. Metal base (rusty) with leather straps to tie around shoes. Metal base can be adjusted (made shorter or longer by wing-nut underneath. Hard plastic wheels (4)children, toys, presents, roller skates, leisure -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Times Literary Supplement (London), Boyd, Robin. The Puzzle of Architecture, 12.05.1966
This is a very short review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Puzzle of Architecture'.This Clipping is attached to Cambridge University Press (London) note dated 30 June 1966.the puzzle of architecture, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Magazine - Clipping, Book Review Digest (New York), Boyd, Robin. The Puzzle of Architecture, Aug-66
This is a very short review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Puzzle of Architecture'.This Clipping is attached to Cambridge University Press (New York).Handwritten in blue pen Melbournethe puzzle of architecture, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Magazine - Clipping, Choice, Boyd, Robin. The Puzzle of Architecture, Sep-66
This is a very short review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Puzzle of Architecture'.This Clipping is attached to Cambridge University Press (New York).Handwritten in blue pen Melbournewalsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Magazine - Clipping, Book Review Digest (New York), Boyd, Robin. The Puzzle of Architecture, Aug-66
This is a very short review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Puzzle of Architecture'.Photocopy of original Clipping and original attached note (item P1374.20).the puzzle of architecture, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Magazine - Clipping, Australian Home Journal, Living in Australia, Jan-71
This is a very short review of Robin Boyd's book 'Living in Australia'.Photocopywalsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, James Hall, Foreword, 30.08.1970
This is a very short notice of the new book by Robin Boyd titled 'Living in Australia'.PhotocopyHandwritten in blue pen, the newspaper and date.walsh st library